The holidays are all about family traditions and making memories with those we love most. For us, those traditions include shopping for a new family ornament every year, decorating our Christmas tree the day after Thanksgiving, visiting Santa as many times as we can (because you can never be too sure), sharing laughs with our Elf on the Shelf, sliding down a huge 75-foot ramp on inflatable tubes at Winter Wonderfest, and of course, building gingerbread houses.

While building a gingerbread house has always been a tradition for our family, since our oldest children were born, many of our gingerbread houses were less than stellar. You see, there's a science behind building a sturdy gingerbread house that will survive the bustle of the holidays and one that will survive a naughty little elf with a pint-sized sledgehammer. That's where the Science of Gingerbread exhibit comes in. From creating a strong foundation and walls that can withstand an earthquake with icing as strong as mortar, Discovery Cube has the recipes to help you create a new tradition your family will cherish year after year.

Science of Gingerbread Returns to Discovery Cube

The Science of Gingerbread exhibit returns to both Discovery Cube OC and Discovery Cube LA this year with more tips, tricks, and scientific facts to help you and your family build the best gingerbread house ever. Scientists at Discovery Cube will assist young engineers as they head into the world of everyone's favorite holiday dessert while incorporating heat, math, engineering, and other important components in order to bake and create the confections everyone loves.

Here's Jacob to explain more about the engineering design process behind building a gingerbread project, whether it's a house, a boat, whatever you can dream up. You can even turn in your tasty holiday creations to Discovery Cube OC or Discovery Cube LA before Sunday, December 3rd, 2017 to enter the Science of Gingerbread competition. Anyone can enter and family participation is encouraged. Local schools, families, and businesses compete in this annual event, so stop by and view your friends’ and colleagues’ creations. Download the Entry Form.

To kick off the Science of Gingerbread exhibits this year, we were invited to join in the competition and create a gingerbread house of our own, with the help of students from the Orange County School of the Arts. Check out the video below to see our creations, as well as some photos of our favorite family moments from the event.

ABOUT DISCOVERY CUBE

Discovery Cube provides hands-on science education that delights, challenges, and encourages kids. The Discovery Science Foundation has made a positive difference in thousands of lives for 35 years. The foundation achieves this goal through four core initiatives: STEM proficiency, early childhood education, healthy living, and environmental stewardship. These future-forward initiatives inspire educators, their students, and all of us committed to learning for life.

Discovery Cube LA has two locations: Orange County at the intersection of Main Street and the 5 freeway in the city of Santa Ana and Los Angeles at the intersection of Foothill Boulevard and Osborne Street, right off the 210 freeway.

We were invited by Discovery Cube LA to be an official Discovery Cube Mom Ambassador. Portions of the material and expenses for this event have been provided courtesy of Discovery Cube LA. All opinions are our own.

About Stacy Molter

Stacy is a lifestyle blogger and brand ambassador in Southern California (Ventura County) and the Greater Sacramento area who shares her experiences homeschooling her four children, raising multiples, supporting her two children living with multiple food allergies, and helping her children with special needs thrive.

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